We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and HPE StoreOnce based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I have found the product to be scalable."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"It is a very complete product."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"It's stable and offers good performance."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"The product has a proven track record of good backups without much of a failure ratio. It also has a good backup in terms of the compression ratio."
"I like the tool’s deduplication feature. We get a ratio of 9:1 for deduplication. The product is also Linux based. Last year, our organization faced some virus attacks. However, the backup was safe because of the product being a Linux version. HPE StoreOnce is a secure product."
"Technical support is quite good."
"If you have a large enough storage capacity then you can take an ample amount of data."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature."
"The product could offer more integration capabilities."
"When you get down to doing certain things, such as somebody wants a particular file restored, the process by which you do that is stupid. You kind of have to know exactly where to look for in order to find it. Even on older backup products that I've used, I didn't have that kind of problem. If we were looking for a file with a particular kind of a name, the solution would find that file anywhere irrespective of where it resides within the backup system. So, we didn't have to know the name of the specific server, the specific timeframe, almost all the characters of the file name, and all kinds of data in order to find a file. In Avamar, we got to know these details. We've gone around and around with them on that, and their attitude seems to be that it is working just fine. There is nothing for them to improve. The organizational system of other products that I'm working with, such as Zerto and Cohesity, seems to be centered around the tasks that you would most commonly do and want to do, as opposed to we've laid it out in a really neat technical hierarchy."
"The recovery is a bit slow."
"The screen design is a bit back-dated."
"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"The UI is quite old. We've been using this UI since last year, and they haven't changed it. It would be better to update the UI periodically and create attractive dashboards from an administrative point of view."
"The solution could improve by having better integration and more flexibility."
"We would like to see some improvements in the Veeam Backup & Replication integration. It's good, but it has a lot of room to improve. In particular around the inability to easily move data between StoreOnce appliances."
"In terms of areas for improvement, I believe HPE StoreOnce could learn from competitors like Dell's Data Domain and ExtraHop in refining its architecture."
"HPE StoreOnce should come with a detailed installation guide."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"The solution could always be less expensive."
"One item I wanted to see is SSD drives as a cache, and that was, for a time, still lacking in StoreOnce, however, they have done it now. It's not available yet, however, it will be shortly."
"The solution must provide backup options for smaller capacities."
"HPE StoreOnce Backup to Disk (BTD) is not a good backup solution for NAS devices. It does not have a dual controller, so if one controller fails, the entire system will go down."
Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Dell Avamar vs. HPE StoreOnce report.
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